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1	Title:	Homesite Company Photographs
	Creator:	Klein Lampl Homesite Company
	Dates:	1915-1924
	Abstract:	Homesite Company was a real estate development company founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by Jack Lampl Sr. and H. R. Klein circa 1915. They also founded the Klein Lampl Company, which incorporated in 1917. In 1927, the two companies merged and became the Klein Lampl Homesite Company, which became the developer of several prominent Cleveland-area subdivisions. Homesite's main office was located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and the firm contributed to the development of the area of Lakewood, Ohio. Major developments built by Klein Lampl include Waterbury Heights, Wyandot Park, Elbur Heights, Fairwood Heights, Arthur Heights, Eastlawn, Orchard Park, and Sunnycliff. Many of these developments are still intact today. The collection consists of approximately 200 black and white photographs contained in three albums.
	Call #:	PG 558
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Klein Lampl Homesite Company (Firm : Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. \| Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Real estate development -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. \| House construction -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| House construction -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. \| Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. \| Interior architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Interior architecture -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Richman Brothers Company Records
	Creator:	Richman Brothers Company
	Dates:	1924-1992
	Abstract:	The Richman Brothers Company began in Cleveland, Ohio, when Henry Richman, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, and his partner, Joseph Lehman, moved their men's clothing manufacturing business, the Lehman-Richman Company, from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cleveland in 1879. Following the depression of 1893, Lehman retired, and in 1904, Henry Richman turned over the business to his sons; Nathan, Charles, and Henry, Jr., and the business became the Richman Brothers Company. The first retail store was established in Cincinnati in 1906, followed a year later by stores in Cleveland and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving away from reliance on outside piecework, the Cleveland plant at 1600 E. 55 St. was built in 1916. The company incorporated in 1919. Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Richman Brothers continued to open new retail stores. After the deaths of the three Richman Brothers, the company was headed by Frank C. Lewman, and later by George H. Richman, until 1970, when Donald J. Gerstenberger became president and CEO. Expansion continued throughout the 1940s-1950s, despite problems with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America which attempted to unionize Richman Brothers. It remained a non-union shop throughout its existence. In 1969, Richman Brothers became a subsidiary of F.W. Woolworth Company. In 1986, corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts, and in 1990, its Cleveland manufacturing plant was closed. By December 1992, Richman Brothers Company had been completely liquidated. The collection consists of legal documents including leases and escrow papers, shareholders reports, issues of two company-published employee magazines, Chain Reaction (1967-1984) and Common Thread (1985-1987), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents.
	Call #:	MS 4664
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Richman Brothers Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	Joseph and Feiss Company Records, Series II
	Creator:	Joseph and Feiss Company
	Dates:	1858-1988
	Abstract:	The Joseph and Feiss Company was founded in 1841 as Koch and Loeb, a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The store moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1845, and when Samuel Loeb left shortly after the move, Kaufman Koch expanded the enterprise to three locations. Other partners joined the company, including Jacob Goldsmith and Julius Feiss in 1865 and Moritz Joseph in 1873. As Goldsmith, Joseph, Feiss & Company, an internal factory was opened in 1897 to begin the production of ready-made men's clothing under the Clothcraft label. After changing its name to the Joseph and Feiss Company in 1907, the company became fully incorporated as The Joseph and Feiss Company in 1920 when it moved into its new factory on W. 53rd Street in Cleveland. The company had originally balanced scientific management with benevolent corporate paternalism in order to keep workers happy as well as healthy. In 1934, the company was unionized by the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union of America and these paternalistic programs were ended. During World War II, Joseph and Feiss became an important manufacturer of uniforms for the United States army and navy. After the war, the company continued to expand its line of products, purchasing Samuel Spitz Company and its Cricketeer label in 1957 and Windbreaker-Danville in 1962. Joseph and Feiss also owned and operated several subsidiaries, including the Naval Uniform Service, Inc. In 1966, Joseph and Feiss merged with Phillips Van-Heusen Corporation and continued to operate under its own name. In 1989, it was acquired by the German clothing firm Hugo Boss. The Cricketeer label was discontinued in 1995 and in 1997 its Cleveland operations were moved to the Tiedeman Road facility in Brooklyn, Ohio. In 2010, the planned closure of that plant was averted after union negotiations. The plant continues to produce 150,000 suits a year. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, news clippings, inventories, audit reports, tax records, contracts, legal deeds, blueprints, ledger books, personnel records, and booklets.
	Call #:	MS 5054
	Extent:	17.20 linear feet (11 containers and 15 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. \| United States. Army -- Uniforms. \| United States. Navy -- Uniforms. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Marketing. \| Fashion design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design and construction.
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4	Title:	Jack Lampl, Jr. Papers
	Creator:	Lampl, Jack Jr.
	Dates:	1917-1986
	Abstract:	Jack Lampl, Jr. (1921-1999) was a Cleveland, Ohio, area businessman and community leader. His father Jack Sr. was the founder of financial firm Sun Finance & Loan and its holding company Sunamerica. Sun Finance & Loan was formed in the Cleveland area in 1930. Most of its business was in automotive loans, though it also provided mortgages and student loans. In 1969, Jack Sr. formed Sunamerica as a holding company for Sun Finance & Loan in order to expand its financial service package to consumers. Sunamerica dealt in proprietary education, insurance, and computer-time rental. At the height of its success, Sunamerica had 105 offices in eleven states. It was acquired in 1974 by Chemical New York Corporation, which went on to become JPMorgan Chase. Jack Sr. was also the co-founder of the real estate and construction company The Klein Lampl Company, which incorporated in 1917. In 1927, it changed its name to The Klein Lampl Homesite Company, and was the developer of several prominent Cleveland-area subdivisions. Jack Jr. graduated from Harvard University in 1942, at which time he joined his father at Sun Finance & Loan. He married Carolyn Cosel from New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1949 and became president of Sun Finance & Loan in 1959. In addition to his position at Sun Finance & Loan, he was elected president of American Finance Conference in 1963, and went on to serve on the board of the Cleveland Trust Company. Jack Jr. was an active community leader, serving as a trustee of the Cleveland Museum of Art, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland Play House Foundation, and Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of correspondence, financial statements, newsletters, reports, and stock certificates.
	Call #:	MS 5083
	Extent:	1.81 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Lampl, Jack, 1921-1999. \| Lampl family. \| Klein Lampl Homesite Company (Firm : Cleveland, Ohio) \| Sun Finance & Loan (Firm : Cleveland, Ohio) \| Sunamerica (Firm : Cleveland, Ohio) \| Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| House construction -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Finance companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Finance. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Joseph Hays Family Papers
	Creator:	Hays, Joseph Family
	Dates:	1857-1987
	Abstract:	Joseph Hays (1838-1916) was the son of Abraham and Bertha Hexter Hays of Storndorf, in the German state of Hesse Darmstadt. After Joseph's mother died in 1844, he and other family members immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, Abraham and Joseph arriving in 1856. Joseph Hays started as a peddler and eventually became involved in the clothing, scrap iron, and real estate business. He married Rosetta Schwarzenberg, and had five children. His daughter, Bertha, married Charles Eisenman, co-founder of Kastriner and Eisenman, later Kaynee Company, a clothing manufacturer. Eisenman was also a founder and first president of the Federation of Jewish Charities (later known as the Jewish Community Federation). Joseph Hays' sons, Louis and Eugene Hays, later purchased Kaynee Company from Eisenman. Louis Hays, who had served as a vice president and trustee of Mt. Sinai Hospital, was president of Kaynee at the time of his death in 1918. His son, Robert, was president of Kaynee from 1937 until 1954, when the company was sold. Robert Hays was also a founding member of Suburban Temple. Louis Hays' wife, Jessie Seligman Feiss, was the niece and adopted daughter of Julius Feiss, owner of Joseph and Feiss Company, which manufactured clothing. His son, Paul Louis Feiss, served as chairman of the company, beginning in 1925. He was also a founder and first president of Mt. Sinai Hospital. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, an autobiography, a family history, speeches, genealogies, and miscellaneous materials.
	Call #:	MS 4595
	Extent:	0.90 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Hays, Joseph, 1838-1916. \| Hays family. \| Feiss family. \| Richman family. \| Lehman family. \| Eisenman family. \| Feiss, Paul Louis, 1875-1952. \| Hays, Louis Henry, 1874-1918. \| Eisenman, Charles, 1865-1923. \| Kastriner and Eisenman Company. \| Kaynee Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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6	Title:	Jacob Sapirstein Papers
	Creator:	Sapirstein, Jacob
	Dates:	1913-1987
	Abstract:	Jacob Sapirstein was the founder and president of American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, and a noted Jewish philanthropist. He emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1905, and settled in Cleveland in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 to American Greetings Corporation. Jacob Sapirstein remained president of the company until 1960, when his son, Irving Stone, succeeded him. The collection consists of correspondence relating to business operations, philanthropic relationships with various Jewish communal institutions, and family. Information concerning various Orthodox Jewish communal institutions Sapirstein was involved with include the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and the Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe, Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 4581
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Sapirstein, Jacob, 1884-1987. \| Sapirstein family. \| American Greetings Corporation. \| Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. \| Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Yeshivat Ṭelz (Wickliffe, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	Jacob Goldsmith Family Papers
	Creator:	Goldsmith, Jacob Family
	Dates:	1868-1988
	Abstract:	Jacob Goldsmith was born in Ellerstadt, Bavaria, and was an early member of the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1852, at the age of 16, he emigrated to the United States, where he was naturalized in 1857. Goldsmith first resided in Akron, Ohio, but soon moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1863, he married Louisa Koch. She died in 1864, and in 1870, he married her sister, Fanny Koch. In 1865, with Julius Feiss, Goldsmith joined the clothing firm of Koch, Mayer and Company. The company eventually became the Joseph and Feiss Company. The collection consists of correspondence, naturalization records, a co-partnership agreement, and a family history.
	Call #:	MS 4678
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Goldsmith, Jacob, 1836-1922. \| Goldsmith family. \| Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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8	Title:	Abe M. Luntz Papers
	Creator:	Luntz, Abe M.
	Dates:	1886-1982
	Abstract:	Abe M. Luntz was a Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, businessman who ran Luntz Iron and Steel Company. Born in Akron, Ohio, of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, he was raised in Canton where he joined his father's scrap-metal business. Over the years the business expanded into a multi-state corporation. He married Fanny Teplansky in 1916, and in 1940 they moved to Cleveland. Luntz served as president of the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland from 1950-1960, and supported a wide assortment of civic, cultural, medical, religious, and benevolent groups in Canton and in Cleveland. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family documents pertaining to Abe M. Luntz and his sons, Robert and William, who were also involved in numerous service organizations. Of particular note are materials pertaining to Abe Luntz's leadership, on the local and regional level, in the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
	Call #:	MS 4548
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. \| Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). \| National Conference of Christians and Jews. \| Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	Title:	Charles Cort Family Papers
	Creator:	Cort, Charles Family
	Dates:	1899-1993
	Abstract:	Charles Cort emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Gederowitz, Lithuania, in 1904. In 1906, he was joined by his wife, Tzeviah and their children. Charles Cort's sons, Al, Abe, and Lou, were introduced to the shoe business in Cleveland through helping out in their uncle's store, and then through work at various shoe stores in Cleveland. In September 1919, Abe Cort, along with his friend Phil Berman, purchased Oppenheimer's Shoe Store at Woodland Ave. and 37th St., renaming it the Cort Shoe Store. The Cort brothers, Al, Abe, Lou, and Paul, eventually became full partners in the Cort Shoe Company, which at its peak owned fifty-five stores. Most were called Cort Shoes, but several operated under the names King, Reed, Belmar, and Economy Shoe Companies. Stores were located in many northern Ohio communities. By the late 1970s, Cort Shoe Company went out of business. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, family history, financial records, and legal documents.
	Call #:	MS 4723
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cort, Charles, 1874-1955. \| Cort, Abe. \| Cort family. \| Cort Shoe Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Shoe industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish merchants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Retail trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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10	Title:	Julius Klein Papers
	Creator:	Klein, Julius
	Dates:	1900-1993
	Abstract:	Julius Klein was a Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish businessman born in Slovakia. He emigrated to the United States in 1885, and settled in Cleveland in 1900. In 1900, he and his future mother-in-law, Rebecca Korach, purchased a skirt manufacturing company formerly known as Goodman and Korach Co. The new company, known as Julius Klein and Co., closed within a few years. In 1906, Klein was employed by Korach Sonnenfield Co., a cloak manufacturing company which in 1907 became the Korach-Ecker Co. In 1913, Klein opened Klein's Economy Store on Woodland Ave., selling women's ready-to-wear apparel. Following Julius Klein's death, his son, Alwyn Klein, continued the business. Following his death, his wife Beatrice operated the business until its liquidation in 1959. The collection consists of financial records, including a Klein's Economy Store ledger and stock book, a Korach-Ecker account book and specifications book, miscellaneous business and genealogical documents, and a photograph.
	Call #:	MS 4702
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Klein, Julius, 1869-1928. \| Klein family. \| Klein's Economy Store (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Korach-Ecker Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Stores, Retail -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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11	Title:	Abe M. Luntz Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Luntz, Abe M.
	Dates:	1916-1987
	Abstract:	Abe M. Luntz (1893-1981) was born in Akron, Ohio, on March 6, 1893 of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, Samuel and Rebecca Wolf Luntz. He and his family moved to Canton, Ohio, when he was around 6 years old. He attended public schools in Canton, was very active in sports, and graduated from Canton's Central High School in 1913. After graduation, he went to work for his father's company, the Canton Iron and Metal Company. With his brother Darwin, he founded the Luntz Iron and Steel Company in 1916 due to the growing need for scrap with the onset of World War I. He held several positions in the Luntz Iron and Steel Company before becoming president in 1951. The company became one of the United States' premiere scrap and steel brokerage firms and expanded into Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Kentucky. Abe Luntz married Fanny Teplansky on October 10, 1916. They had five children, Robert, Richard, William, Theodore, and Joan. The family moved to Cleveland in 1939 for business purposes as well as for more varied religious, musical, and educational opportunities. All of his sons joined in the family business. Luntz was also known for his benevolence to a wide variety of civic, cultural, medical, and religious groups and causes both in Canton and Cleveland. He was president of The Temple in University Circle from 1950-1960. He was active with the YMCA, the Boy Scouts, the Montefiore Home, the Singing Angels, and the Jewish Welfare Fund, among others. He was also a board member of many organizations including Mount Sinai Hospital, the Community Chest, United Appeal, Jewish Community Federation, and the Art Museum. He was especially involved with the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ), a human rights organization promoting peace, tolerance, and social justice (now known as the National Conference for Community and Justice). He held both local and national offices and won its highest award, the National Human Relations Award, in 1957. He died on February 24, 1981. The collection consists of brochures, certificates, correspondence, a deed, an invitation, legislation, lists, magazine articles, maps, a memoir, newsletters, newspaper articles, notes, obituaries, press releases, programs, reports, speech texts, and a will.
	Call #:	MS 5082
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. \| Luntz, Fanny. \| Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). \| National Conference of Christians and Jews. \| Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration.
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12	Title:	Theodore M. Luntz Papers
	Creator:	Luntz, Theodore M.
	Dates:	1944-2010
	Abstract:	Theodore M. Luntz was born on June 4, 1926 in Canton, Ohio, to Abe M. and Fanny Luntz, a prominent Jewish couple in the Canton community. He was one of five children. He attended University School and Yale University. He graduated from Yale in 1948. He served in the army during the Korean Conflict from 1950-1952. He married Idarose Schock on August 23, 1953. They had four children, Wanda Jean, Pamela, Brian, and Jill. Luntz began his career at Copperweld Steel in Warren, Ohio. After one year he joined his family's business, the Luntz Corporation, one of the United States' premiere scrap and steel brokerage firms. He rose through different positions including treasurer, executive vice president, and eventually became president in 1984. He went on to become chief executive officer and chairman of Luntz Corporation. He also served as president, treasurer, and director of Marquette Steel Company (a division of Luntz) and as vice president of 62 Land Inc. Ted, like his father Abe, was very active in the community, serving on the boards of many of the same organizations as his father. Some of these organizations include the Schnurmann House, Cathedral Latin School, Hawken School, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Montefiore Home, Boy Scouts, The Temple, and the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel. He became a member of the board of trustees of Baldwin-Wallace College in 1979. He and his wife Idarose established both a scholarship fund and the Ted and Idarose Luntz Musical Theatre Fund, an endowment, for the benefit of Baldwin-Wallace students and the Musical Theatre Program. This continued the Luntz Family association with Baldwin Wallace started by Ted's father, Abe, who received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Baldwin-Wallace in 1974. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, applications, biographical information, brochures, bulletins, certificates, charts, correspondence, directories, forms, genealogical charts, invitations, lists, magazine articles, maps, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles, notes, position papers, press releases, programs, questionnaires, reports, song lyrics, speech texts, and testimony.
	Call #:	MS 5084
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Luntz, Theodore M., 1926- \| Luntz, Idarose. \| Luntz family -- Genealogy. \| Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). \| National Conference of Christians and Jews. \| Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Baldwin-Wallace College. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Music theater -- Ohio -- Berea.
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13	Title:	Max Ratner Papers
	Creator:	Ratner, Max
	Dates:	1959-1985
	Abstract:	Max Ratner was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman, philanthropist, and Zionist. He was born Meyer Ratowczer in Bialystok, Belarus, Russia, and immigrated with his family to the United States, arriving in Cleveland in 1921. The family changed its name to Ratner. After graduation from Glenville High School in 1925, he went to work at the family-owned business, Forest City Materials Company, a supplier of lumber and building materials. He became president of Forest City Materials in 1928, and in 1929, directed its merger with Buckeye Material. By the 1950s, Forest City profited from the suburban building boom, and by the end of that decade was one of Ohio's largest retail building materials companies. In 1960, Forest City Materials became Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and began concentrating on real estate development, ending its retail operations in 1987. Since the 1970s it has been involved in large urban developments such as Tower City Center in Cleveland. Max Ratner was active in Zionist activities, was a founder of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce, served as president of Park Synagogue, and along with other family members, supported the Ratner Montessori Schools. The collection consists of photostatic copies from business publications and newspapers, an annual report of Forest City Enterprises, art catalogues, a publication by and about former residents of Bialystok, Russia, and a Ratner Schools brochure.
	Call #:	MS 4623
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Ratner, Max, 1907-1995. \| Ratner family. \| Forest City Enterprises, Inc. \| Ratner Schools. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Russian -- History.
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14	Title:	Wattenmaker Advertising Records
	Creator:	Wattenmaker Advertising
	Dates:	1931-1949
	Abstract:	Wattenmaker Advertising evolved from a business enterprise founded by Jacob Wattenmaker (1894-1968), a Cleveland, Ohio, area businessman and philanthropist. Wattenmaker began his career as owner of a wholesale dry goods store in Cleveland in the 1920s. He then became merchandising manager of Bailey Co., a clothing store. In 1932 he founded his own chain of dress shops and was later named managing director of the Cleveland Fur Institute and Executive Secretary of the Cleveland Fashion Institute. He was a lecturer in merchandising, commerce, and public relations at several area schools, including Fenn College, Cleveland College, and John Carroll University. Subsequently, Wattenmaker opened a public relations and merchandising counseling office which evolved into Wattenmaker Advertising, Inc. after World War II. Wattenmaker Advertising specialized in food and real estate campaigns. Some of its larger campaigns were for the Northern Ohio Food Terminal, the Dry Cleaners Guild, and Zinner's, a flower shop. In 1965, Wattenmaker Advertising won the first Cleveland Advertising Club's Horace C. Treharne Medal for its campaign for the Sandusky Distributing Co. Following Jacob Wattenmaker's death in 1968, control of the company was given to his son, James. The collection consists of advertisements, press releases, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5113
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Fashion Institute -- Advertising \| Zinner's Flowers (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Advertising \| Advertising agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Advertising -- Florists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Advertising -- Floral products -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Advertising -- Clothing and dress -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Advertising -- Fashion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Advertising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History.
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15	Title:	David N. Meyers Papers
	Creator:	Myers, David N.
	Dates:	1932-2001
	Abstract:	David N. Myers was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1900. He worked his way through high school and earned an accounting degree from Dyke College, a local business college, in 1922. He accepted a position in accounting with the Francis Byerlyte Corporation, and subsequently became president and owner of the company, later known as Consolidated Coatings Corporation. He married Inez Pink in 1929, and the couple raised two sons. Myers' primary philanthropic interest was aging and the elderly. He was instrumental in facilitating the move of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged from the Glenville neighborhood to Beachwood, Ohio. He also assisted in the construction of R.H. Myers Apartments, an independent living facility for the elderly. He served as the President of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland from 1964 to 1969 and, along with his wife, established the David and Inez Myers Foundation. In 1995, Dyke college was renamed David N. Myers College in recognition of Myers' contributions to the school. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, reports, interviews, invitations, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, and speech texts.
	Call #:	MS 5039
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Myers, David N., 1900-1999. \| David and Inez Myers Foundation. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Dyke College. \| David N. Myers College (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Accountants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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16	Title:	Serbin, Inc. Records
	Creator:	Serbin, Inc.
	Dates:	1946-1986
	Abstract:	Serbin, Inc. was founded in 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Lewis I. Serbin and M. John Serbin to produce women's clothing, including dresses and sportswear. The firm quickly became known for its line of golf apparel, which was endorsed by golfer Babe Didrikson. In 1951, both Serbin, Inc. and the Serbin family relocated to Miami, Florida. The firm continued to operate under various names until it went out of business in 1991. The collection consists of advertisements, bulletins, catalogues, newspaper clippings, order forms, and a scrapbook.
	Call #:	MS 5053
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Serbin, Lewis I. \| Serbin, M. John. \| Serbin, Inc. \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Florida -- Miami. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Florida -- Miami.
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17	Title:	Curtis Industries, Inc. Records
	Creator:	Curtis Industries, Inc.
	Dates:	1944-1975
	Abstract:	Curtis Industries, Inc. was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1932 by William Abrams and two of his sons, Morris and Howard, as Clipper Key and Lock Co. The company initially sold several brands of key cutting machines throughout the Cleveland area and the Midwest. In 1934, the Abrams worked together with inventor William Curtis to invent a new key cutting machine that they could manufacture and distribute themselves. The machine was patented, and the company changed its name to Curtis Key Co. The company's focus was on key cutting machines and key blanks, which they both manufactured and sold. However, during World War II, the company concentrated solely on defense work and ceased to manufacture of keys and key machines. Following the war, the company changed its name to Curtis Industries, Inc. and resumed its work on key machines and key blanks. The company also began manufacturing and selling automotive and farm equipment replacement parts. In 1961, Curtis Industries built a large facility in Eastlake, Ohio. Previously, Curtis had operated sites on Carnegie Avenue, Prospect Avenue, and East 222nd Street in Cleveland. The new building in Eastlake consolidated all of Curtis's branches and various operations. The new site was considered state-of-the-art and garnered much publicity. In 1961, the Cleveland Chapter of the American Materials Handling Society recognized Curtis with is award for the best materials handling system in Northeast Ohio. Morris Abrams was president of the company, with Howard Abrams serving as vice president and chairman of the board. Following Morris's death in 1963, Howard was named president. Morris's heirs sold their portion of Curtis stock to the Ohio Forge and Machine Corporation, who then made a bid to buy all of Curtis's stock. This resulted in a months-long feud between Howard Abrams and his supporters and Ohio Forge and their supporters, some of whom were on the board at Curtis. Eventually, Howard agreed to sell his controlling shares of Curtis stock. Curtis Industries officially became a part of Ohio Forge and Machine Corp. in 1964. Curtis became known as the Curtis Noll Corporation, under the new president Sanford B. Noll. Howard Abrams was retained in a consulting capacity for five years. The collection consists of advertisements, press releases, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, correspondence, blueprints, and product sheets.
	Call #:	MS 5120
	Extent:	0.81 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Curtis Industries, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Manufacturing industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Manufacturing industries -- Ohio -- Eastlake. \| Locks and keys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Locks and keys -- Ohio -- Eastlake. \| Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Factories -- Ohio -- Eastlake. \| Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Eastlake. \| Automobiles -- Parts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Automobiles -- Parts -- Ohio -- Eastlake. \| Farm equipment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Farm equipment -- Ohio -- Eastlake. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Eastlake. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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18	Title:	Carl Milstein Papers
	Creator:	Milstein, Carl
	Dates:	1972-2000
	Abstract:	Carl Milstein (1924-1999) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, area real estate developer and self-made millionaire. Milstein was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ida and Morris Milstein, who ran a poultry business. Milstein's first job was plucking chickens for his father. He graduated from John Adams High School and briefly attended Ohio State University. He started a home building business, Alvin Homes, with his childhood friend, Alvin Siegal. In the 1950s they built hundreds of homes in Brook Park near Cleveland Hopkins Airport. In the mid-1960s, Milstein started Associated Management Corporation, which developed high-rise apartment complexes in Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Summit and Portage counties in Ohio. Most of these developments were subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). By 1975 Milstein was the largest developer backed by HUD in northeast Ohio. Milstein's activities with HUD came under scrutiny in the late 1970s, when he was convicted of bribing a HUD official and spent four months in prison for the crime. In 1980, Milstein founded Prestige Management, which developed office parks. He was instrumental in the development of the city of Independence, most notably building Crown Centre and its surrounding buildings in 1989. Milstein devoted most of his time after 1984 to the Northfield Park Race Track. After buying the track with business partner George Steinbrenner in 1972, Milstein leased the track for twelve years. When Northfield Park almost went out of business, he took over the management reins and converted it into one of the premier harness race tracks in the country. Milstein received many awards and honors from the various organizations he served, including Warrensville Center Synagogue and the United Way. In the 1990s the Northeast Ohio Apartment Association inducted Milstein into its Hall of Fame. The collection consists of correspondence, awards, articles, and programs.
	Call #:	MS 5108
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Milstein, Carl, 1924-1999. \| Milstein family. \| Siegal, Alvin. \| Northfield Park (Ohio) \| Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate development -- Ohio -- Independence. \| House construction -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Racetracks (Horse racing) -- Ohio. \| Harness racing -- Ohio.
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19	Title:	Harry Stone Papers
	Creator:	Stone, Harry
	Dates:	1943-2006
	Abstract:	Harry Stone (1917-2007) was a business leader in Cleveland, Ohio, active in politics and philanthropy. He was the son of Jacob Sapirstein, the founder of American Greetings Corp., a manufacturer of greeting cards. Stone was a member of the Glenville High School Class of 1935. In addition to the positions he held at American Greetings, Stone also owned radio stations WIXY and WDOK and was engaged in real estate and international trade and finance. Among his many civic activities, Stone was a trustee of Brandeis University, the Jewish Community Federation, and the Cleveland Sight Center. Stone married Beatrice Farkas in 1936. The couple had three children, Phillip J, Allan D., and Laurie. After the death of Beatrice, Harry married Lucile Tabak Rose in 1960. Her children from a previous marriage were James M. Rose and Douglas B. Rose. In the 1960s Stone was campaign chairman for United States Representative Charles Vanik. His relationship with Vanik proved beneficial to the Jewish community in 1973, when Vanik asked Stone and his brother Irving for help in scheduling a vote on the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which required the USSR to allow Jewish emigration to the United States in order to qualify for most favored nation status. The Stone brothers asked Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas to schedule the vote; American Greetings was at the time the largest employer in Mills' Arkansas district. Stone also served as a consultant to the United States Departments of Commerce and State. the collection consists of annual reports, bulletins, certificates, correspondence, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, a petition, proclamations, a program, a speech text, a statement, and a yizkor (memorial) book.
	Call #:	MS 5099
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Stone, Harry, 1917-2007. \| Stone family. \| American Greeting Publishers, Inc. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Greeting cards industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Memorial books (Holocaust) \| Grajewo (Poland) -- History. \| Grajewo (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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20	Title:	Ratner Family Papers
	Creator:	Ratner Family
	Dates:	1891-2007
	Abstract:	The Ratner (formerly Ratowczer) family has been prominent in the Cleveland, Ohio, area since the mid-twentieth century. The family immigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Cleveland in 1921. Leonard Ratner began his business career by opening two creameries in the Glenville neighborhood. He then formed the Buckeye Material Company in 1924, later merging it with his brother Charlie's business, Forest City Material Company, in 1929, to form the B & F Building Company, a major builder of prefabricated homes in the east side suburbs. The family consolidated their business interests into Forest City Enterprises, Inc. in 1960. Leonard Ratner married Lillian Bernstein in 1924 and had two children: Ruth Ratner Miller and Albert B. Ratner. Leonard Ratner held many important positions on community boards during his lifetime, including the positions of honorary life trustee at the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Federation, and Mount Sinai Hospital. His children were also heavily involved in philanthropy. The Ratner family was particularly instrumental in establishing the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1976. The collection consists of advertisements, annual reports, census reports, certificates, correspondence, reports, lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, scrapbooks, ship manifests, songs, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 5044
	Extent:	9.00 linear feet (2 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder,)
	Subjects:	Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. \| Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. \| Ratner, Albert B., 1927- \| Ratner family. \| Forest City Enterprises, Inc. \| Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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